His death-tale sums him up. When the poet Aed was to be drowned
in a lake near Lóegaire's house for adultery with Conchobar's wife Mugain, he cried for help and Lóegaire rushed to
the rescue. As he leaped out the door, he knocked the top of his
own head off on the lintel. Still, he managed to kill
thirty soldiers and save Aed's life before he died.